The following four part series surrounding compliance documentation using Rational Publishing Engine and other additional items went live on developerWorks Rational last week:

Using Rational Publishing Engine to document compliance: Part 1. Overview and workflowBy Dr. Einar W. Karlsen (einar.karlsen@de.ibm.com), Solution Architect, North-East Europe, IBMThis series explains how to use IBM Rational Publishing Engine to generate compliance-relevant reports. Part 1 gives a short overview of the software, describes the report development workflow, and provides a sample report that is used in the subsequent articles to show the capabilities of the tool. Product: Rational Publishing Engine

Using Rational Publishing Engine to document compliance: Part 2. Design and layout By Dr. Einar W. Karlsen (einar.karlsen@de.ibm.com), Solution Architect, North-East Europe, IBMPart 2 in this series shows how to decompose large and complex reports into smaller, more manageable templates. It also covers developing reusable templates and creating a standard layout that adheres to your company's standards and style guidelines.Product: Rational Publishing Engine

Using Rational Publishing Engine to document compliance: Part 3. Reporting from multiple data sourcesBy Dr. Einar W. Karlsen (einar.karlsen@de.ibm.com), Solution Architect, North-East Europe, IBMPart 3 shows how to create reports that take information from several data sources, including software from other companies. It explains how Rational Publishing Engine establishes traces from information in one source to data managed by another tool and then combines them into the same document. Product: Rational Publishing Engine

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It was recently announced that IBM My Notifications was successfully updated at the end of November. The release includes new features and improvements for you, our clients, to make the application more efficient and effective! The major call out for this release is noted below:

Web Folders – based on User Interface selections. The language displayed will be based on the country selected in the IBM masthead at the top of the web page, or the preferred language selection in your IBM profile, or the language setting in your browser - in that order.

E-mails – translated content only – Content will be translated to the language identified in the preferred language selection in your IBM profile.

Syndication Feeds (RSS/Atom)

Note: Not all languages are available at this time. If your preferred language is not available, notifications and the user interface will continue to be displayed in English.

This new translation capability should help make My Notifications even more useful for our global clients and those who want to consume content in their preferred languages. In addition to the translation improvements, the User Interface has also been updated to match our recently released Support Portal standards and templates

And don't forget, with MyNotifications you can be notified via email and/or RSS feed when support content, downloads, flashes, fixes, webcasts, and other product information is published. Let our content come to you, set up your subscriptions here today: http://www.ibm.com/support/mynotifications

Wow, have we got a LOT of downloads for you this go around! Following are the latest in downloads released by Rational over the past few weeks between November 15th, 2011 and today (and check out the 'tags' above to find other downloads you may have also missed):

You, yes YOU can help! By taking our quick 6 question survey, you can provide us the valuable feedback needed to improve our channels and improve the value you see by following us! As you may recall from earlier this year, these surveys are specific to the work Rational Support has been doing within the social business spaces. Specifically this means here on our blog, through our Twitter feed, and of course on our Facebook page. By providing your brief feedback surrounding these channels you will have a direct hand in guiding the future of how we utilize each channel and improve the usefulness of each channel for your needs.

To this end, you should see a pop-up survey when navigating to this blog which will enable you to fill out the short 6 question survey without leaving the page. This pop-up will only appear until you've taken the survey once. After that, you won't be bothered with it again. If the pop-up doesn't display you may access it directly here.

We run these surveys twice yearly in an effort to gauge our successes and failures beyond simple metrics like clicks and visits. This particular survey will remain available for the month of December, closing on the 31st at 11:45pm PST. We hope you will take a moment and provide your input on our efforts.

We recognize the importance and value of your direct input, and are committed to making changes based upon what you tell us. In this world of information overload demanding returns on your investment of time, we want to make sure you are seeing the best ROI possible by following us. But, for Kelly, Matt, and Jason to make any changes here, we need to hear from YOU! After all, there's no technology in the world more valuable than direct client feedback!

We have published two new white papers. The first is for the collaborative integration between Rational Team Concert and Rational Rhapsody. The second covers the date based licensing feature available with Telelogic based Rational products.

Abstract: This white paper is describes the process of integrating Rational
Rhapsody with Rational Team Concert. The white paper demonstrates the
collaboration aspects between the two tools in terms of parallel and
agile development.

Abstract: Some of the Telelogic products under the IBM Rational brand use a date
based version license mechanism. The intent of this white paper is to
answer questions related to date based licenses and renewals.